University of California San Francisco

Chris E. Freise
Chris
Freise
MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery 
Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery

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Address

35 Medical Center Way, #001
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-353-1898
Fax: 415-476-8709

    Biography

    Chris E. Freise, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota where he also did his internship and residency in General Surgery. He later completed a  transplantation fellowship at UCSF.   

    He is a member of numerous professional organizations including The Transplantation Society, the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association, the Transplant Infectious Disease Society, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Association and the Society of University Surgeons. In addition, he recently served as the Medical Director for California Transplant Donor Network. He is also the Associate Counselor for UNOS Region 5, and a member of the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee.

    Dr. Freise has authored more than eighty (80) in peer-reviewed publications and five (5) book chapters. He is an accomplished researcher and clinical educator. Dr. Freise is also a frequent invited lecturer to national and international and conferences in the field.         

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2019
    University of California, San Francisco Transplant Fellowship School of Medicine 1995
    University of California, San Francisco Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar School of Medicine 1991
    University of Minnesota M.D. School of Medicine 1986

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery, 1995

    Clinical Expertise

    Bile Duct Injuries
    Bile Duct Strictures
    Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
    Choledochal Cyst Disease
    Dialysis Access
    Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplantation
    Fulminant Hepatic Failure
    Hepatitis B
    Hepatitis C
    Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
    Intestinal Transplantation and Rehabilitation
    Kidney and LIver Transplantation in HIV Patients
    Kidney Auto-transplantation
    Kidney Transplantation
    Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
    Laparoscopic Kidney and Liver Surgery
    Liver Transplantation
    Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
    Living Donor Liver Transplantation
    Pancreas Transplantation
    Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
    Pediatric Liver Transplantation
    Polycystic Kidney Disease
    Polycystic Liver Disease
    Portal Hypertension
    Surgical Shunts

    Grants and Funding

    • Living Donor Liver Transplant :Short & Long-Term Impact on Donors and Recipients | NIH | 2002-09-01 - 2015-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Friese's basic science research focuses on the delivery of immunosuppressive agents to organ allografts, ischemia reperfusion injury, and methods to improve organ function in deceased donors. His clinical research includes  a multicenter trial investigating donor and recipient outcomes following living donor liver transplantation.

    Research Interests

    Delivery of Immunosuppressive Agents to Organ Allografts

    Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

    Improvement Organ Function in Deceased Donors

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 125
    1. Molecular Insights in Transmission of Cancer From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients.
      Atreya CE, Collisson EA, Park M, Grenert JP, Behr SC, Gonzalez A, Chou J, Maisel S, Friedlander TW, Freise CE, Shoji J, Semrad TJ, Van Ziffle J, Chin-Hong P| | PubMed
    2. Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center.
      Gomez A, Wisneski AD, Luu HY, Hirose K, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Freise CE, Nakakura EK, Corvera CU| | PubMed
    3. Impact of Sarcopenia on Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.
      Meier RPH, Noguchi H, Kelly YM, Sarwal M, Conti G, Ward C, Halleluyan R, Tavakol M, Stock PG, Freise CE| | PubMed
    4. Inferior Long-Term Graft Survival of Suboptimal Kidneys After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
      Yamanaga S, Freise CE, Stock PG, Rosario A, Fernandez D, Kobayashi T, Tavakol M, Kang SM| | PubMed
    5. Rapid Modification of Workflows and Fellow Staffing at a Single Transplant Center to Address the COVID-19 Crisis.
      Thiessen C, Wisel SA, Yamaguchi S, Dietch ZC, Feng S, Freise CE| | PubMed
    6. Living Donor Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Data from the Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study.
      Braun HJ, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Syed SM, Roll GR, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL| | PubMed
    7. Bi-organ paired exchange-Sentinel case of a liver-kidney swap.
      Torres AM, Wong F, Pearson S, Weinberg S, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Freise CE, Lee BK| | PubMed
    8. Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors in the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.
      Butt Z, DiMartini AF, Liu Q, Simpson MA, Smith AR, Zee J, Gillespie BW, Holtzman S, Ladner D, Olthoff K, Fisher RA, Hafliger S, Freise CE, Mandell MS, Sherker AH, Dew MA| | PubMed
    9. Splenic Vein Thrombosis Following Pancreas Transplantation: Identification of Factors That Support Conservative Management.
      Harbell JW, Morgan T, Feldstein VA, Roll GR, Posselt A, Kang SM, Feng S, Hirose R, Freise CE, Stock P| | PubMed
    10. Collagen XIV and a related recombinant fragment protect human vascular smooth muscle cells from calcium-/phosphate-induced osteochondrocytic transdifferentiation.
      Freise C, Bobb V, Querfeld U| | PubMed